22 Facts About Striped bass

Striped bass, called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America.

Striped bass found in the Gulf of Mexico are a separate strain referred to as Gulf Coast striped bass.

Striped bass is a typical member of the family Moronidae in shape, having a streamlined, silvery body marked with longitudinal dark stripes running from behind the gills to the base of the tail.

Striped bass are native to the Atlantic coastline of North America from the St Lawrence River into the Gulf of Mexico to Louisiana.

Striped bass have been introduced to the Pacific Coast of North America and into many of the large reservoir impoundments across the United States by state game and fish commissions for the purposes of recreational fishing and as a predator to control populations of gizzard shad.

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Striped bass have been introduced into waters in Ecuador, Iran, Latvia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and Turkey, primarily for sport fishing and aquaculture.

Spawning success of striped bass has been studied in the San Francisco Bay-Delta water system, with a finding that high total dissolved solids reduce spawning.

The very few successful spawning populations of freshwater striped bass include Lake Texoma, Lake Weiss, the Colorado River and its reservoirs downstream from and including Lake Powell, and the Arkansas River, as well as Lake Marion that retained a landlocked breeding population when the dam was built; other freshwater fisheries must be restocked with hatchery-produced fish annually.

Stocking of striped bass was discontinued at Lake Mead in 1973 once natural reproduction was verified.

Striped bass have been hybridized with white bass to produce hybrid striped bass known as wiper, whiterock bass, sunshine bass, palmetto bass, and Cherokee bass.

Striped bass are of significant value for sport fishing, and have been introduced to many waterways outside their natural range.

Striped bass take a number of live and fresh baits, including bunker, clams, eels, sandworms, herring, bloodworms, mackerel, shad, bluegill, and crayfish.

Largest striped bass ever taken by angling was an 81.

Striped bass are anadromous, so their upriver spawning migrations led some individuals to become "landlocked" during lake dam constructions.

Recently, biologists came to believe that striped bass stayed in rivers for long periods of time, with some not returning to sea unless temperature changes forced migration.

Striped bass still continue to exhibit upstream migrations from freshwater lakes during the spawning period.

Striped bass population declined to less than 5 million by 1982, but efforts by fishermen with throw back lengths for smaller striped bass and management programs to rebuild the stock proved successful, and in 2007, the nearly 56 million fish included all ages.

Atlantic coast-wide harvest of striped bass is managed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission .

Striped bass has white meat with a mild flavor and a medium texture.

Primary market forms for fresh Striped bass include headed and gutted and filets; the primary market forms for frozen Striped bass include headed and gutted and loins.

Fresh striped bass is available year-round, and is typically sold in sizes from two to fifteen pounds, and can be sold up to fifty pounds.

Striped bass is easily grilled in fillets, and is therefore popular in beach communities.